July 20, 2022 TO: Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. President of the United States Hon. Kamala D. Harris Vice President of the United States CC: Hon. Merrick B. Garland Attorney General Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Hon. Antony Blinken Secretary of the Department of State Re: Immediate Actions that [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 30, 2022 Government Accountability Project Supports Supreme Court Decision on MPP WASHINGTON – Today, the Supreme Court held that the law does not require the Biden administration to continue the so-called Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), or the “Remain in Mexico” policy. This long-awaited decision ends the illegal and dangerous assault on asylum [...]
December 17, 2021 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden Jr. President of the United States The Honorable Kamala D. Harris Vice President of the United States Cc: The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security The Honorable Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State The Honorable Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General of the [...]
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20500 The Honorable Kamala D. Harris Vice President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20500 The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary U.S. Department of Homeland Security 3801 Nebraska Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20016 The Honorable Merrick B. [...]
June 16, 2020 Chad Wolf Acting Secretary Department of Homeland Security 301 7th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20528 Re: Recent DHS Measures That Threaten the Safety and Family Unity of Vulnerable Immigrant Children Dear Acting Secretary Wolf: The undersigned 122 organizations strongly oppose recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) measures that threaten the safety and [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 17, 2020 Giraffe Heroes Project Awards Two Immigration Whistleblowers for Compassionate Risk-taking Government Accountability Project Clients Among Awardees WASHINGTON – Last week, the Giraffe Heroes Project announced the recipients of its “Giraffe Heroes” award, an annual award given to individuals who demonstrated compassionate risk-taking. Two of this year’s awardees are Government Accountability Project clients [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 28, 2020 Government Accountability Project Commends Appeals Decision on “Remain in Mexico” Policy U.S. Court of Appeals Halts Dangerous Immigration Policy WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit blocked the Trump administration’s “Migrant Protection Protocols,” (MPP) also known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy. The policy [...]
United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Re: Congress Must Establish an Independent Immigration Court Dear Member of Congress: We, the undersigned international, national, state, and local immigration, civil rights, faith-based, government accountability, and labor organizations respectfully call on Congress to establish an immigration court system that is [...]
Note: this op-ed, featuring our clients' disclosures, was originally published here. Abolish Immigration Prisons We should shut down these institutions, end the suffering they cause and redirect the money. Near Denver, migrants are locked inside a prison tucked into an industrial quarter. To the southwest, in the vast space between Phoenix and Tucson, they are [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26, 2019 Contact: Andrew Harman Communications Director Government Accountability Project [email protected] USCIS Union and Government Accountability Project Respond to USCIS Management’s Attempts to Intimidate Whistleblowers Recent publicly reported actions by USCIS management effectively and illegally stifle guaranteed whistleblower rights, say union, whistleblower protection organization WASHINGTON – American Federation of Government Employees [...]